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Swishahouse founder Michael “5000” Watts is dead at 52 years old. Watts’ family confirmed the Houston rap pioneer’s passing in a statement on Friday (Jan. 30).

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Houston hip-hop icon Michael "5000" Watts, the founder of Swishahouse Records and a pioneer of the "chopped and screwed" sound, has passed away following a recent hospitalization.

Watts died after developing Torsades de Pointes, a life-threatening abnormal heart rhythm condition, his family said in a ...

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